Feng Shui training in Nanjing Zhuge Liang used a move to anger Sima Yi. Sima Yi was about to leave the city for a fight to the death but was stopped by an old man.
Zhuge Liang is very resourceful and has rarely encountered any opponents in his life. But since Sima Yi was reused, Zhuge Liang felt deeply uneasy. It was Sima Yi who was stronger than Zhuge Liang, but in the process of fighting Zhuge Liang, he kept avoiding the battle and took his unsustainable strategy to the extreme, leaving Zhuge Liang at his wits end and his plan of a quick victory in vain.
In the spring of 234 AD, after summing up the experience and lessons of the previous four failed Northern Expeditions, and after three years of full preparation, Zhuge Liang led the Northern Expedition again. This time, we had a total of 100,000 troops and sent envoys to Wudong to persuade Sun Quan to send troops together. Soon, the Shu Han army came to Wuzhangyuan on the south bank of the Wei River and camped here.
At the same time, Sima Yi was appointed as a general by Emperor Wei Ming and ordered to resist the Shu army's attack. Sima Yi knew that he was no match for Zhuge Liang. If he fights head-on, he may suffer a big loss. Even if he doesn't die in battle, he will definitely not be reused in the future. So, he set up camp not far away with a simple purpose: to consume the Shu army's food and grass through a protracted battle and win without a fight.
Zhuge Liang has a clear mind about Sima Yi’s thoughts, which is what worries him the most. The Shu army fought long distances, and its food supplies could only last a few months at most, while the Wei army waited for work with sufficient food and grass, which was more than enough for a year and a half. Wu Dong's army here is very weak. Before it joined Zhuge Liang, it was defeated by Cao Rui, Emperor Wei Ming, a legendary pig teammate.
The two armies faced off for several months. In order to anger Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang used various methods and often sent people to fight. Some generals in the Wei army couldn't stand it anymore, but Sima Yi turned a blind eye. He drank and sang in the military camp all day long and had a great time. On the other side, Zhuge Liang was losing weight, getting worse and worse, but there was nothing he could do about it.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhuge Liang came up with a way to send a set of women's clothing to Wei Jun's camp, saying it was for their boss Sima Yi. Normal people can see that Zhuge Liang is mocking Sima Yi for looking like a woman and not having any masculinity. When Sima Yi saw this dress, he was completely angered and decided to go out of the city to fight Zhuge Liang to the death. He would rather die than endure this insult.
Before that, he wrote a well-documented memorial and ordered people to rush to Beijing 800 miles away. Afraid of Sima Yi's disobedience, Emperor Wei Ming sent an old man as an envoy to rush to the Wei army's camp with Jie, giving him the power to contain Sima Yi. This old man is Xinpi. Sima Yi said to Xin Pi many times: "I must fight, otherwise I will be looked down upon by Zhuge Liang." But he was stopped by Xin Pi's words. Soon, Zhuge Liang died of illness and the Shu army was forced to retreat. From then on, no one was Sima Yi's opponent. It is estimated that he will wake up laughing in his dream.